‘F*ck Me’ – Eddie Hearn makes Lewis Crocker – Gennady Golovkin comparisons
There’s something about Lewis Crocker that reminds Eddie Hearn about Gennady Golovkin.
The Belfast welterweight registered a breakout win, defeating Tyrone McKenna on the Conlan – Gill undercard at the SSE Arena on Saturday.
Such was his display he won a new and very influential fan in Hearn. The Matchroom promoter said the Billy Nelson trained fighter reminded him of none other than former middleweight world champion and no-nonsense entertainer ‘GGG’.
Hearn was impressed with Crocker’s power and approach and predicted he’d be ‘fun’ to work with.
“Lewis Crockerā¦Whenever you liken someone to Gennady Golovkinā¦ but you know when he throws his shots and turns his wrists over.. I heard it at ringside and f*ck me he’s a heavy-handed man and Tyrone McKenna is one of the toughest fighters around,” Hearn told Irish-boxing.com after the fight.
The Essex fight maker hasn’t signed the welterweight to a contract but it was interesting to hear him speak a little like his promoter post the fight, suggesting he may be interested in working with ‘The Croc’.
“It was a really good learning fight for Lewis Crocker. What impressed me about him was, he loaded up the whole fight and after three or four rounds I thought he might tire, but he kept the tempo going the whole time. I think he’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Caoimhin Agyarko who is signed to Hearn also registered a career-best win on the night. ‘Black Thunder’ outpointed former British champion Tory Williamson on the bill.
Commenting on that fight Hearn said: “After seven or eight rounds I was thinking if Troy Williamson can nick nine and ten he has half a chance here. I thought Caoimhin boxed really really well in nine and ten to win those rounds and I had him winning 7-3, 6-4 if you are really generous to Troy. I just feel like Caoimhin has got to believe in himself a bit more. He started really well and then kind of faded a little bit. I don’t know if he was conserviing energy, I think there is more to come from him.”
